Sister Bong

For the last week, I've been having email with people concerning the translation of the CAD drawings and they have suggested that I contact Ms. at 'The Congregation of The Daughters of Mary Immaculate" convent here in Hue.  The four of us took a motor bike ride to the convent and "dropped in" to meet her.  The most lovely, carrying person, she toured us around her place that schools about 150 kindergarten's children, houses about 150 young girls, and which also has an out patient clinic that sees about 100-300 people a day (depending on the rain!), two or three times a week. Currently they are dealing with many HIV patients and taking on several children that no longer have parents who have died from the disease.  She showed us her dentistry rooms, counseling rooms, educational rooms, pharmacy, and herbal medical rooms.  Each of these rooms and equipment are very rudimentary, but serve their purpose.  She told us about a doctor in Tacoma that had donated enough money to build not only the kindergarten ($40K), but also the medical building ($80K).  We saw the medical building and it was a well built three story building of about +15-20,000 square feet per floor. All of this and he has never been to Vietnam!!  For so little, you can do so much in Vietnam for people who really need it.